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January 14, 2010

Rounded Up: Jerry Brown, Conan O'Brien & Big Brother

Front page:

Former SF Chron editor Phil Bronstein looks at Jerry B's all-but-declared gubernatorial bid: "Still, why is he doing this? Knowing him, it's because of his obsessive
mission to spend his life solving the deepest political puzzles. In
2012 Brown will be staring at a state rigged for disaster." Whee! Bonus pullquote: "Earlier this year Brown himself called me to plant a possible story
about Newsom selling a condo for a suspiciously high price in a
distressed market. I thought, Come on, really?" (Esquire)

The EFF wants to find people whose laptops have been searched at the U.S. border. It and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers want to find plaintiffs for a legal challenge. (BoingBoing)

Entertainment section:

As soon as we're finished with this post, we can get back to watching clips from the late-night shows. "O’Brien, who has hired Hollywood attorney Patricia Glaser of Glaser,
Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro LLP, stands to get $25 million
to $50 million if the network replaces him, two people with knowledge
of the situation said this week." (BusinessWeek)

Antwon Tanner, an actor on something called "One Tree Hill," is going to jail. "He pleaded guilty to selling more than a dozen Social Security numbers for $10,000 to an undercover agent." He couldn't claim he was researching a guest spot on CSI: Loserville? (CBS News)